Having taken part in several Solo games where scenarios included the very nice cut out card coastline by Ares, I have finally decided that rather than continue to approximate the coast with my 3D coastal units I would make some coast to the authentic shape of Ares originals. for this project I have borrowed Captain Kiwi's Coastal cards and used them as a template to shape out my own 3d version.

Here is the start of the process. Cut out the coastline shapes from insulation foam.
You may notice that I am doing two of some parts which may be used as mirror images just as Ares ones can be turned over and
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